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Iran condemns US's targeted racism against Afro-Americans

Tue Aug 19, 2014 22:40:47

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the US's “targeted discrimination” against African Americans and the crackdown on people’s peaceful protests after the US police shot dead an unarmed black teenager.

Iraqi army, volunteer fighters launch major operation to retake Tikrit

Tue Aug 19, 2014 16:20:56

Iraqi army troops, backed by volunteer fighters, have launched a major operation to recapture the city of Tikrit from the militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, senior officials said.

Mosul dam recaptured from ISIL militants: Obama

Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:12:00

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have retaken Mosul dam from ISIL Takfiri militants, US President Barack Obama has said.

US airstrikes hit ISIL positions near Iraq dam: Pentagon

Mon Aug 18, 2014 22:14:09

US warplanes and drones carried out 15 air strikes on Monday against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants battling for control of a major dam in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said.

EU firms buying Iraqi Kurdish disputed crude oil: report

Mon Aug 18, 2014 19:06:31

Hungarian oil group MOL has bought 80,000 tonnes of crude from the regional government of Kurdistan in Iraq "at a market price", MOL Managing Director Szabolcs I. Ferencz was quoted as saying on Monday by the Hungarian news agency MTI.

ISIL abducts nearly 3,000 women, girls in Iraq

Mon Aug 18, 2014 14:21:33

Up to 3,000 women and girls have been kidnapped by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) thugs on the rampage in Iraq over the past two weeks.

ISIL poses formidable int’l threat: Ex-Iraqi FM

Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:26:57

Hoshyar Zebari, former Iraqi foreign minister, has outlined the "formidable" international threat that militant group the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses.

Iraq warns all nations on intrusion, arming locals

Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:15:32

The Bureau of Iraqi Armed Forces General Command has warned all countries about exploiting the security situation in north of the country by violating the nation’s sovereignty and arming any local entity with weaponry without the consent of the central government.

Displaced Iraqi Kurds train in Syria to fight ISIL

Sun Aug 17, 2014 23:07:59

Hundreds of Iraq’s displaced Izadi Kurds have joined military training camps in Syria to prepare for battling Takfiri ISIL terrorists in Iraq, sources say.

Iraq Kurdish forces push back ISIL at Mosul dam

Sun Aug 17, 2014 22:50:33

Iraqi Kurdish sources say almost half of Mosul dam in the troubled northern Iraq has been retaken from the ISIL Takfiri militants.

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